In 2025, fire departments serving Leonardville responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
69 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $429K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | — | |
| 2022* | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | 15 | -11.8% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -26.7% |
* Well below Leonardville's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Leonardville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 51 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 13 | 25.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 6 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 7.8% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Leonardville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 8 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 6 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 5 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 15.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Leonardville departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Self-propelled motor home or recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $4,000 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leonardville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 92,070 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,000 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,000 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 | 16.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,289 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,278 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,800 | 9.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 15.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 | 9.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 11.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 13.7 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Leonardville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.